Again, On Bended Knee
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
by Gary A. Ballard
Here's a message to the Democrats in the Senate, especially those who campaigned so hard on ending the war in Iraq during the 2006 campaign season. Shut the fuck up, you sniveling twats. You have absolutely no call to ever speak badly about the Bush administration again, because today's news proves that other than a small block of 24 Senators, you have all decided that aiding and abetting this President's criminal activities is more important than following the will of the electorate. You have capitulated again and again and again.
My rage at Democratic passivity this morning comes from this story. It involves the passage of a government spending bill to the tune of $555 billion. Now a spending bill alone wouldn't necessarily raise my ire. I'm sure there are plenty of things that might get me upset in the details of the bill, but the most prominent cause of my anger is the addition of $70 billion in Iraq war funding to the bill. That's right, despite their continued news cycle rhetoric about ending the war in Iraq, about forcing the President to adhere to the Constitution, nothing is being done.
The bill as passed by the House limited the additional war funding to use in Afghanistan only. A few Senators tried to put conditions on the money, forcing the President to adhere to timetables in order to use the money for the war in Iraq. But those measures failed. Only 24 Senators voted for it, all Democrats. I suppose those Senators should be commended.
Only, I don't feel like commending any Senators, because in the end, they all gave up. They gave the President $70 billion MORE of American taxpayers' money, with no strings attached to do what he wants. Again. And every single time the Democrats have capitulated to this President in the last year, they claim it's the last time they will allow it to happen, like some beaten wife who vows to finally go to the cops the next time her husband lays hands on her.
I don't believe you fuckers anymore. Sen. Harry Reid's leadership in the Senate has been a colossal fuckup. If you truly want the war in Iraq to end, STOP FUNDING THE FUCKING WAR, YOU SIMPERING CUNT. Just... Stop... Funding... It. This President is not going to play ball, he's not going to cooperate. If he were going to cooperate on anything, don't you think he'd have done it in situations where he is clearly wrong by the laws of the land? Don't you think he'd respect the subpoena powers of Congress instead of instructing his ex-employees to ignore it, and telling the Justice Department not to enforce those subpoenas? This President doesn't negotiate, he doesn't compromise, ever. You have to force him, like a petulant child refusing to eat his veggies. And as long as you continue to hand him a blank fucking check, he doesn't have to cooperate at all.
No, you giant pussy, you do have leverage. You have the law of the land. You have the power of the purse strings, the power to deny him funding for his war. You have the power to declare war, and you have the power to end it. This President never asked you to declare war, and no war was ever declared, which means that everything he does with the military is done because Congress has authorized it. Retract that authorization. While I know that wouldn't pass, I do know that defunding the war takes no action. All it takes is to have the balls to say to the President "No more
Every single soldier's death in Iraq, every single Iraqi civilian death from this point forward, is on the heads of those 76 Senators who voted to give the President more money for the Iraq war. That blood is not going to wash off, and I hope it haunts your dreams for years to come.
My rage at Democratic passivity this morning comes from this story. It involves the passage of a government spending bill to the tune of $555 billion. Now a spending bill alone wouldn't necessarily raise my ire. I'm sure there are plenty of things that might get me upset in the details of the bill, but the most prominent cause of my anger is the addition of $70 billion in Iraq war funding to the bill. That's right, despite their continued news cycle rhetoric about ending the war in Iraq, about forcing the President to adhere to the Constitution, nothing is being done.
The bill as passed by the House limited the additional war funding to use in Afghanistan only. A few Senators tried to put conditions on the money, forcing the President to adhere to timetables in order to use the money for the war in Iraq. But those measures failed. Only 24 Senators voted for it, all Democrats. I suppose those Senators should be commended.
Only, I don't feel like commending any Senators, because in the end, they all gave up. They gave the President $70 billion MORE of American taxpayers' money, with no strings attached to do what he wants. Again. And every single time the Democrats have capitulated to this President in the last year, they claim it's the last time they will allow it to happen, like some beaten wife who vows to finally go to the cops the next time her husband lays hands on her.
I don't believe you fuckers anymore. Sen. Harry Reid's leadership in the Senate has been a colossal fuckup. If you truly want the war in Iraq to end, STOP FUNDING THE FUCKING WAR, YOU SIMPERING CUNT. Just... Stop... Funding... It. This President is not going to play ball, he's not going to cooperate. If he were going to cooperate on anything, don't you think he'd have done it in situations where he is clearly wrong by the laws of the land? Don't you think he'd respect the subpoena powers of Congress instead of instructing his ex-employees to ignore it, and telling the Justice Department not to enforce those subpoenas? This President doesn't negotiate, he doesn't compromise, ever. You have to force him, like a petulant child refusing to eat his veggies. And as long as you continue to hand him a blank fucking check, he doesn't have to cooperate at all.
"In the end, we had very little leverage to do anything," Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said as the once-heated war debate closed with little suspense and no drama.
No, you giant pussy, you do have leverage. You have the law of the land. You have the power of the purse strings, the power to deny him funding for his war. You have the power to declare war, and you have the power to end it. This President never asked you to declare war, and no war was ever declared, which means that everything he does with the military is done because Congress has authorized it. Retract that authorization. While I know that wouldn't pass, I do know that defunding the war takes no action. All it takes is to have the balls to say to the President "No more
Every single soldier's death in Iraq, every single Iraqi civilian death from this point forward, is on the heads of those 76 Senators who voted to give the President more money for the Iraq war. That blood is not going to wash off, and I hope it haunts your dreams for years to come.
Labels: Bush Administration, Dick Cheney, Fascism, Government Corruption, Iraq
posted by Gary A. Ballard @ 10:00 AM
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